veSya
veśya , ( 1 ) ( nt. ), the occupation of a harlot ( Skt. veśyā, cf. Lex. veśya, defined Hurenhaus , BR ): mama duhitā veśyaṃ vāhayati Divy 14.20 , plies the … ; ( 2 ) adj. with dharma, acc. to Tib. groṅ paḥi , of the village , i.e. common, vulgar? ( cf. grāmya ): veśyāṃ dharmān samādāya bhikṣur bhavati na tāvatā Ud xxxii.18(19) ; same vs in Pali , Dhp. 266 , vissaṃ ( comm. visamaṃ, cf. Mv below, vissagandhaṃ vā kāyakammādikaṃ dhammaṃ; in Pali sg. ); SN i.182.18 (text visaṃ, v.l. vissaṃ, dhammaṃ); Dutreuil B 26 viśpa, supporting the PTSD theory that the Pali word = Skt. viśva; in Mv iii.422.13 same vs has viṣamāṃ (hypermetr.), cf. Dhp. comm. above. Could veśya be a false Sktization of MIndic ( AMg. ) vesiya, from Skt. veṣa, of garb or external appearance (only)?